11.   French automakers are also to blame for the parallel imports because they charge higher prices to faithful customers at home.

12.   Jordan cars will be powered by Peugeot engines, after the French automaker parted with British team McLaren.

13.   Like other French automakers, Renault has been struggling with declining auto sales since the French government dropped a rebate program.

14.   Nissan Motor Co. and French automaker Renault SA will establish a joint company to coordinate strategy as a step toward combining their managements, newspaper reports said Tuesday.

15.   Renault workers blockaded the factory in anger Friday after the French automaker announced the shutdown of the plant in Vilvoorde, an industrial town just north of Brussels.

16.   The chief executive of Renault SA, meanwhile, said the French automaker was continuing to talk to Nissan about such a linkup.

17.   The chairman of French automaker Renault has been indicted in the long-running investigation of government responsibility for an AIDS-tainted blood scandal, Renault said Monday.

18.   The European Union Commission promised Tuesday to present new legislation to better protect workers in the wake of announced layoffs of Belgian workers by French automaker Renault.

19.   The driving lessons, according to Expresso, are sponsored by U.S. oil company Mobil Corp. and French automaker Citroen.

20.   The Romanian government and French automaker Renault signed Thursday a preliminary agreement for the sale of Romanian biggest state-controlled automaker, Automobile Dacia.